{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-8-8-12","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 8, § 8-12","heading":"Election of officers - Votes and eligibility of lot owners -","body":"Control by original corporators or successors.\n\nAt each subsequent election of officers of any such corporation,\n\nheld after the first annual election, the owner or owners of a lot\n\nin the cemetery, and none other, shall be entitled to one vote at\n\nsuch election, or for any other purpose, and no more than one vote;\n\nand shall, by virtue of such proprietorship, be a member of the\n\ncorporation, and eligible to any of its offices; but if there be\n\nmore than one proprietor of any such lot, then such one of the\n\nproprietors as the majority of them shall designate may cast the one\n\nvote as aforesaid; and each trustee or director shall be the sole\n\nproprietor of a lot in such cemetery: Provided, that whenever less\n\nthan five (5) persons reside within five miles of any cemetery own\n\nlots therein, the original corporators or their successors may\n\ncontrol and manage said cemetery.","path":["OK Code","Title 8"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os8.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"b3695e9e2d6e61f8d7fd4aa17dd8ba0c5c7ca9b8ebb9605f213a2a22a1faf41e","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-8-8-11","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-8-8-13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}